I enjoy the pond cleaning videos , it's sort of like watching hoarders , a place is ugly and messy , but after a good cleaning it becomes useful again . So glad you got all the work done and didn't get stuck !
Thanks for explaining what caused the problems with the dam leaking - makes understanding why you have to do certain things when working on or building ponds.. Great content as ever matey.
An example of what you were explaining about the poplar tree roots. Here in GB someone had the bright idea of laying cable to every household in the country, everywhere the contractors disturbed the roots of trees, they died! Trees that is not the contractor 😂
I had the opportunity to operate a Yanmar VT55 this weekend and I can say he makes this look so easy with a large machine. Every move like fluid movement. A joy to watch.
My husband and I enjoy watching he can be very critical of big machine operator’s as his father taught him how to run them he will say you need to do this and then you do it shuts him up every time
What a mess, that pond was about too expire. I like your approach you mentioned, to plug the dam. I've done that one, but, .... I didn't have an 'Uncle John' or a second piece of equipment.
When we ran poplar through the sawmill ,the farmers would get us to saw it into planks so they could make farm gates out of it. And depending on where it was harvested from ,it would smell of stagnant swamp water .
Those poplar will weigh around 20% more than they would have a couple of months back - used to see it with beech here in the UK. Bark used to come off the sitka we were felling in the same way, all down to expansion of the cambium layer, which is where the tree cells transition into wood.
How is that tree you grew from a seed as a child and moved closer to you home? Is it recovering from it travels? I grew up in the California desert so trees are very special to me.
Hi Chris, you should see about mounting a Go Pro on the OUTSIDE when your dropping these beasts, ..just a thought. thanks for your video's, I enjoy them .
My doctor recommends certain things... letsdig1, drainadict, dirtperfect... if I get distracted, my withdrawal kicks in and I end up burying pipes and clogging them around my property. I'm hoping for more vids soon. Drainaddict has been letting me down lately 😪 lol Chris!
Hi Chris it must be really bright out there as your front windscreen is tinted and cuts a lot out, as you side door is open the difference is amazing...
Log splitter 4000 - LOL! I can't wait to see the size of this burn pile. I have a project that is going to require a significant one some time this summer.
Was getting ready to say, this was pretty much clean up day here. Doing the dirt work is the fun part ,it's all the damn prep work that takes all the time but, looks like you got most everything ready to be loaded and moved to the burn site down the field there !! Great as always Chris !! Have a Great weekend Man !! On too the Next....
Its comming all together now 😀.tons of brush To burn so i guess there will be another burnpile To See on this Project. Green brush Burns rather hard Tho.lots of gasoline on the brushpile will burn that down for sure.good Stuff Right there.😎
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and videos. Had a laugh the other day, Stoney ridge farms revisited a skid steer tool for brush clearing the other day and was wondering what your opinion would have been used on your TL12V2 since it was barely functional on the bobcat he was using. Was leaving the roots relatively clean from dirt though which was a good thing.
Was curious if you guys still had the old 160... and now I know. Funny thing about splitting firewood is I just watched a video of someone using an excavator to split wood the other day, lol. Really is quite effective.
Howdy Chris I agree 100ft tree is probably darn heavy and running over branches didn’t help the walk over there either but nice clean up I’m sure John will appreciate the work done as usual 👍 😎🇺🇸 NY
Thanks Chris... gotta get my Volvo on... I don't care what Mike says... 👏🏽👍🏼☺️ One observation as someone connected with the Commercial Construction Industry... when folks are telling you should be using this or that piece of equipment... INSTEAD of what your using to make a PROFIT... usually means they ain't running a bushiness the SAME as YOURS... and are usually talking out of their Exhaust Pipe... If you get my drift? ☺️
Can’t wait to y’all get the burn in the trash and digging the cord trench and backfilling it with some good clay. It ought to turn out to be a nice looking pond when you get on the other side and get all them bushes out for the other side but anyway Chris another great video you and John in yawls family stay safe and keep the videos coming brother
@@richardschipper5989 We are talking about North Carolina however and times still moves slow. I was hoping people might look at some of his other episodes. The cable operated shovel.
Just as you were dragging that really crooked tree over the dam - I thought - swivel the jaws and snap it off - by this big shovel doesn't have bucket swivel. Rats. 11:00 after.
I enjoy the pond cleaning videos , it's sort of like watching hoarders , a place is ugly and messy , but after a good cleaning it becomes useful again .
So glad you got all the work done and didn't get stuck !
Great Video. Love the way you talk to us, teaching about the different ways to do things. Miss the singing :)
Thanks for explaining what caused the problems with the dam leaking - makes understanding why you have to do certain things when working on or building ponds..
Great content as ever matey.
I'm always in awe of how that 250 handles those trees for you - powerful machine.
An example of what you were explaining about the poplar tree roots. Here in GB someone had the bright idea of laying cable to every household in the country, everywhere the contractors disturbed the roots of trees, they died! Trees that is not the contractor 😂
Yes that 250 has power he knows what he doing
I had the opportunity to operate a Yanmar VT55 this weekend and I can say he makes this look so easy with a large machine. Every move like fluid movement. A joy to watch.
My husband and I enjoy watching he can be very critical of big machine operator’s as his father taught him how to run them he will say you need to do this and then you do it shuts him up every time
Lmaoooo, that’s a good one. Lol
What a mess, that pond was about too expire.
I like your approach you mentioned, to plug the dam.
I've done that one, but, .... I didn't have an 'Uncle John' or a second piece of equipment.
It's a joy to watch someone who becomes one with the machine. Great work. Just subscribed.
Weather is crap in Ireland .. so ive the pleasure of watching your back log of videos.Thank you for sharing ....
Love the view over your shoulder. Reminds me of riding behind my grandpop on his tractor when I was a kid. 🚜
When we ran poplar through the sawmill ,the farmers would get us to saw it into planks so they could make farm gates out of it. And depending on where it was harvested from ,it would smell of stagnant swamp water .
Those poplar will weigh around 20% more than they would have a couple of months back - used to see it with beech here in the UK. Bark used to come off the sitka we were felling in the same way, all down to expansion of the cambium layer, which is where the tree cells transition into wood.
The Morgan’s and Buckin’ Billy Ray would be proud of your wood splitting skills
First time ive ever seen firewood split with a thumb, love it. Great content every episode.
It's not a pond dam anymore than it is a car tree. . They are two separate a different things. Still a great video and I am enjoying it. Thumbs up.
You da 'Pond Master', Chris! Man, 60 years of neglect...HANDLED!
Love the 250 an what some big ass trees nice work on the dam
Awesome a new video, thank you. 😀
It's nice when you do a walk around, easier to get sense of scale and a layout. 👍
Darn John !! That’s one HUGE GOFFER HOLE in the Pond Dam , Chris can’t jump that even in the 220 , LOL
Your videos have taken on a whole new perspective when you know that the thumb is 6’ long!
Gonna be one big ass fire. Make it as big as possible.
Only 55 minutes online and 11k views. You doing somthing right🤟
Thats the older machine your using as I noticed your bucket isn't badged..love pond repairs ,personally I like to make ponds super deep. 🥳👍
Another great video of this project bro. Good to see the old 160 still earning it's keep too. Safe travels up your way
That was more like a puddle than a pond.
A little rain, it's fire day.
I sure hope it is not too expensive a repair on the 250.
Let's build a raft out of the great tree trunks! 😄
All the times I've split wood with a maul...here I was doing it wrong...I just needed a giant excavator! 😊
How do you debark a tree, easy you get Chris to do it . another entertaining video thank you.
When Chris is missing 1 day, it's a lost day * Glad you are here :)
I know, makes me have to go watch Mr AJ Works just to hear a Volvo drone. Gotta get to sleep somehow lol.
*I was starting to have withdrawals. I hate missing even one day.*
How is that tree you grew from a seed as a child and moved closer to you home? Is it recovering from it travels? I grew up in the California desert so trees are very special to me.
So close to 500k congrats man love all the vids
I watch his videos over and over there’s no telling how many times I’ve watch the same video 5 to 10 times. Lmaoooo
The dam is cleared and looks good.
Excellent job. Looking great 👍. Thanks for sharing
Hi Chris, you should see about mounting a Go Pro on the OUTSIDE when your dropping these beasts, ..just a thought.
thanks for your video's, I enjoy them .
Way to go Chris. Should hit half a million subs before end of May!
Can't wait for the burn! 🔥
My doctor recommends certain things... letsdig1, drainadict, dirtperfect... if I get distracted, my withdrawal kicks in and I end up burying pipes and clogging them around my property. I'm hoping for more vids soon. Drainaddict has been letting me down lately 😪 lol Chris!
Hi Chris it must be really bright out there as your front windscreen is tinted and cuts a lot out, as you side door is open the difference is amazing...
That’s kinda an expensive but funny firewood splitter 🔥
Log splitter 4000 - LOL! I can't wait to see the size of this burn pile. I have a project that is going to require a significant one some time this summer.
I've seen flattened roots like that on hard pan soil too
Was getting ready to say, this was pretty much clean up day here. Doing the dirt work is the fun part ,it's all the damn prep work that takes all the time but, looks like you got most everything ready to be loaded and moved to the burn site down the field there !! Great as always Chris !! Have a Great weekend Man !! On too the Next....
When you clear off the live trees from a pond dam, how big of a risk to the integrity of the dam are the decaying roots that may be left behind?
They probably had old steam machines too! The Flinstones era!
Didn't use steam in the 60's
@@richardschipper5989 60's? That's all they had in the 1860s.! Lol
I've been watching for close to 3 yrs I dig the content
Just curious, how many subscribers did he have when you started watching 3 years ago?
I seriously can't remember
I’ve been watching his videos every since 2012 and I don’t remember how many subscribers he had but it was a lot I can say that. Lol
Its comming all together now 😀.tons of brush To burn so i guess there will be another burnpile To See on this Project. Green brush Burns rather hard Tho.lots of gasoline on the brushpile will burn that down for sure.good Stuff Right there.😎
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and videos. Had a laugh the other day, Stoney ridge farms revisited a skid steer tool for brush clearing the other day and was wondering what your opinion would have been used on your TL12V2 since it was barely functional on the bobcat he was using. Was leaving the roots relatively clean from dirt though which was a good thing.
A man who enjoys his work.
Was curious if you guys still had the old 160... and now I know. Funny thing about splitting firewood is I just watched a video of someone using an excavator to split wood the other day, lol. Really is quite effective.
I told my husband there was a better way to split firewood. Now I know how!👍
Thank you for allowing us into the mind of a heavy machine operator. Timberrrrrrrrrr :) John here...hehehehehe
Howdy Chris I agree 100ft tree is probably darn heavy and running over branches didn’t help the walk over there either but nice clean up I’m sure John will appreciate the work done as usual 👍 😎🇺🇸 NY
Thanks Chris... gotta get my Volvo on... I don't care what Mike says... 👏🏽👍🏼☺️
One observation as someone connected with the Commercial Construction Industry... when folks are telling you should be using this or that piece of equipment... INSTEAD of what your using to make a PROFIT... usually means they ain't running a bushiness the SAME as YOURS... and are usually talking out of their Exhaust Pipe... If you get my drift? ☺️
Pond looks more like a mud hole LOL. But by the time Chris is done it’ll be pond again.
500k soon 👍👍👍
Can’t wait to y’all get the burn in the trash and digging the cord trench and backfilling it with some good clay. It ought to turn out to be a nice looking pond when you get on the other side and get all them bushes out for the other side but anyway Chris another great video you and John in yawls family stay safe and keep the videos coming brother
The job turned out very nice great job👍☕️🍩
Love the log splitting
Another HUGE fire coming up
Always enjoy the videos with the commentary. Just curious, has anyone started a "pond dam" drinking game? LOL
That's one pricey log splitter.
Like the video and like how you work Chris .
The old retrired 160 squeaks a lot less than the 250 right now lol.
Dirtperfect does not appear to be all that infused with his Volvo! Is his a 120?
And a lot less "clanging" . I bet the 250 needs new wrist pins.
@@stephenhunter70 he has a Volvo 140
@@brianbabb6666 Well that also explains why his JD 160 is better than it then!
@@stephenhunter70 John Deere is 120.
Firewood Splitter would be a great name to reference the 220
Chris great video, this job is going to turn out great. Thanks for sharing. Kevin
I love your work habit you make the world beautiful
New subscriber here. I could watch you and these wonderful machines all day long. Thank You
many thanks my friend always look forward to your uploads fantastic work i was nearly tired watching you
Looking great Chris 🇺🇲 another great job well done 🇺🇲
Cant wait for the big fire
We need a Winston update!
That is a very good wood splitter, but maybe just a little bit too expensive, for the purpose.
My husband is obsessed with your videos.......so much so that he's got me hooked too lol Lots of love from Northern Ireland x
Ol' 250 earns it's keep. Lot of excavator ...
Getting the old 160 out for some exercise.
Clever Bastard { A UK complement ) Cheers L 18 respect from the UK !!!!!!!!!!!1
How about a short update on the animal hospital lot.
That’s the biggest, most expensive log splitter I’ve ever seen🤣
yes i miss him 5mins after the last one ive turned in to a addict waiting for next one...lol..john..uk.
Love this channel. Look forward to it. But the videos seem to be getting shorter and shorter.
That’s why I always watch them at half speed.
I was going to comment the same thing!! Shorter and less often....I need my Chris fix!!
@@localcrew
😂👍
Log splitter part was funny
When i'm looking over your shoulder while you're shoveling that bucket doesn't look as big as it is.
ya know business is good when you can have a 160 sitting around as a backup.
26:50...C'mon Chris!!! Love the longer and everyday videos!!! I need my Chris fix!!! lol Still watching though!
thanks for the 26 min, of your 8 hr day, nice job but could use another 30 min, thanks, what a JIP !
good pond video
I really enjoy your video's, its relaxing to watch. Would you be able to get an external mic for your gopro as the hydraulics drone out your voice.
Maybe someone used a old fashion steam shovel? Mechanical shovel? Seeing operate that old steam shovel fun.
No one used steam in the 60's
@@richardschipper5989 We are talking about North Carolina however and times still moves slow. I was hoping people might look at some of his other episodes. The cable operated shovel.
4:00 So a good dam with a lousy base...
Good job 👍
looks like a good place to lose another window :).
The job turned out very Nice 👍 ☕️🍩
Yeah those rollers need some tlc for sure.
So excited for the next video from here!!
Hello from GA
Just as you were dragging that really crooked tree over the dam - I thought - swivel the jaws and snap it off - by this big shovel doesn't have bucket swivel. Rats. 11:00 after.
THANKS CHRIS I WAS WAITING FOR THIS ONE. SALUDOS FROM CLIFTON N.J. G.B.Y.A.
And here I thought my 20 ton splitter was nice.
Is that a rock in the track, a roller or a chain link making that ear piercing noise when you track? Caught me off guard with my headphones 😂